Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
a'OOTEES FOR BABY.
How to Cf ochet These Useful Articles "a
the Little Ones.

Among t4he most attractive and
least costly K. 'nds of crochet work may
be reckoned the little bootees for the
baby. Besides, they are such handy
pickup work ana' so quickly finished
that baby should always have a good
supply. A very pretty boot is crocheted
of white and colored Sssxony Zone skein
Of white and one Of any preferred tint
is quite enough for two pairsJ,
Make of the white yarn loose chain
of twenty-five stitches, and crochet
back in small crochet, taking the back
thread of the loop and emitting two
stitches, so that the chain will nos be
too tight. Continue to work back and
forth, taking up every stitch, until five
ridges shall be formed, then extend the
sixth ridge by a chain of five stitches,
and work back and forth again until
four more ridges shall be made. Leave
off the added five stitches and make five
ridges to correspond with those at the
beginning. The part that is longer
than the rest forms the foundation for
the top Of the foot
Crochet or sew the back of the leg
/ together, and, beginning at the head
with the color, crochet round and round
the foot, putting the hook through both
4 loops Of the stitch. In the first round
/ there is no widening in the second
round at the middle stitch Of top Of foot
/ and fourth stitch on each side of mid
/ die, which continue for ten times
! then narrow, crocheting two stitches
together at back of heel and at the
places of widening in toe, until five
rounds shall be made. Fold together
and bind off on the wrong side. Gro
chet simple edge of color around the
top, and make cord and tassels to tie
the bootee at the ankle. This is
small-sized sock, but is so simple that
no difficulty will be found in charging
! it.
Another pretty boot is as follows:
Make a chain of 13 stitches, turn miss
| l, work 12 small crochet, taking back
| part of stitch, chain. This one cham
is repeated at the end Of every row.
! Second row, work plain small crochet,
| and repeat for % rows; twenty-ninth
/ row, work down the II stitches, make
! chain, turn, miss l and work back;
/ thirty-first row, work down 49, make
chain, turn, work back q stitches;
1 thirty-third row, work down q stitches,
make chain, turn and work back %
stitches; thirty-fifth row, work %
stitches, turn and work back; thirty
seventh row, work down q stitches,
leaving stitches, turn and work back
In making the fortieth row the wrong
side will be toward the hand; now join
the sides. This forms the leg and in
step. Now begin with the color at the
point of joining and work round the
instep and leg in small crochet, taking
up 6 stitches down the first notch of
the instep and across the end, down
the second notch and across the end, 2
down the third notch and across the
toe, and down the other side Of the in
step in the same way. Around the
back Of the leg there must be 2 stitches
between each rib-61 in ALL sec
ond row, plain; third row, work 10;
then increase by taking up a horizontal
stitch on the back Of the work 6 plain
small crochet, increase as before, work
3 plain again and repeat until you will
have widened times, the third one to
be in the center of toe, rest of row plain
small crochet; ninth row, work II, then
2 together. 2 plain, repeating twice,
the second narrowing to be in center
of toe; work plain until within 3 of
center of heel, then narrow, 2 plain,
narrow, rest plain; tenth row, crochet
TO- then narrow as in the ninth row;
eleventh row, crochet 9 and then mar
row, work round until within or 4
stitches of middle Of toe, turn the sock
on wrong side and join the edges, tax
log up 3 stitches at toe and also ut heel,
and work them as one.
For the top Of leg join the white and
work groups Of treble crochet, tre-
bles in each group; second row, make
another group Of trebles in the center
Of first row; third row, join in the color
and make trebles in the center Of
first group; fasten with small crochet
| 10 tne loop between nrSt ana second
/ groups in the second row; 3 chain, fas-
ten to the loop between the two groups
in the first row; chain, fasteL to the
top of sock; chain, fasten to same
loop in first row; 3 chain, fasten to the
same loop in second row and repeat
| from star to star until done. This
makes very elaborate-looking finish.
If fintended as gifts the color at the Top
might be Of silk, as might also the foot
part, beginning where the color is
| joined to the white. But in all wool
they are dainty enough for the dainti-
est baby Of all. PhiladeIphia Record.
According to Dr. l.. Brunton, there
is no diuretic so good as water. Water
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